Iraq In Crisis

October was a truly bloody month for Iraq. Since nationwide protests broke out on October 01 after the ouster of a widely popular counter-terrorism general, more than 260 protesters have been killed and thousands have been injured by security forces in a spate of violence that has engulfed the entire Middle Eastern nation. Last week, more than a million disgruntled Baghdadi citizens occupied the capital city’s Tahrir Square calling for a new round of elections. This is bad news for Iraq in many ways as it paves the way for further political…